The Road To Cairo Chords by David Ackles

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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] A fella told me _ [Abm] this here road [Eb] leads to Cairo.
_ [Gb] _ _ I got to get me [F] a ride. _ _
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[F] I got to go back, [Db] go back to [Eb] my children.
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I got to see my [F] little bride. _
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[Eb] I've been traveling _ _ [Bb] a _ [Eb] long, long [Bbm] time. _
Don't [Eb] know what I'll [Bbm] find.
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[Eb] Scared of what I'll [Dm] find.
But I just got to [Cm] see them [Bbm] again. _ _
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Hey, [F] thanks for stopping.
[Abm] Are you headed down to [Eb] Cairo?
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I wrecked my Lincoln in [Fm] St. _
_ Joe.
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Well, [F] that's a little old Cairo.
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No [Eb] special reasons.
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Look up some folks I [Bbm] used to know.
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_ [Ab] Me, I travel [Gb] slow. _
Have [Ab] my share of [Gb] fun. _
That's [Ab] the life I'm living.
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ Sure, _ [Ab] I've made [Gb] laws. _
But [Ab] who minds the [Gb] cost? _
You got [Ab] to take more [Bb] than you _
[Fm] give.
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Hey, I [F] got another cigar.
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Son, [Eb] I sure like this car.
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From your daddy _ [F] as a gift.
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[F] Say, on second thought,
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[Eb] there's gifts I haven't [Gb] bought.
Just drop me here.
[Bbm] Thanks for moving in.
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[Ab] Yes, I travel [Gb] slow. _ _
[Ab] Yes, I feel [Gb] poor. _ _
[Ab] Never have a [Bbm] dime for gin.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] I _ left [Ab] to make my way.
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For [Ab] her I can't stay.
[Gb] _ To see my [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] children's poorest [Bbm] sin.
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I [F] know this road.
_ [Abm] It leads straight [Eb] into Cairo.
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_ 22 miles [F] straight _ ahead.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ I [F] can't, _ I can't [Ab] walk [Abm] down this [Eb] road
_ _ [Gb] to Cairo. _ _
They're better thinking [Bbm] that way. _
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[Eb] I've been traveling.
_ [Bbm] _ No, [Eb] no, no, no, no, no, [Bbm] no, no.
Don't know what I'd find.
Scared of [Eb] what I'd find.
[D] I can't.
I just [C] can't walk down this [Bbm] _ road. _ _ _ _
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